Research about the enhancement of the airlift pump performance by changing the geometry and operational parameters has drawn considerable attention in recent years. This paper presents a comprehensive review of some published research articles on the enhancement performance of the airlift pump and the future direction of the research. In the introductory section, the description, the application, and the performance of the airlift pump are described. The influencing parameters of the airlift pump performance are classified in the geometry and operational. The geometry parameters are including submergence ratio, pipe diameter, pipe length, design, and position of the injector. The operational parameters are including the testing fluid, diameter and density particles, and the superficial velocity of injected air. All of the involved parameters are detail explained in the experimental study section. The detailed derivation of equations of the airlift pump performance and also the modified equation was shown in the theoretical study section. The numerical study of airlift pump operating on two and three phases was also discussed. In the last section, the future directions of the airlift pump are noted, and some conclusions were summarized. It was found that only limited literature about flow patterns in terms of the dynamic interface of each phase and development bubble jet generator airlift pump. Therefore, experimental data are needed to support this effort. Additional work, both theoretical and experimental, needs to be conducted on the effects of type and position bubble jet generators on the flow characteristic and the airlift pump performance, with the hope that the better performance will be obtained.

近年来，关于通过改变几何形状和运行参数来提高气举泵性能的研究引起了相当大的关注。本文对一些有关气举泵性能增强的研究论文进行了全面综述，并指出了该研究的未来方向。在简介部分中，描述了气举泵的描述，应用和性能。气举泵性能的影响参数按几何形状和操作分类。几何参数包括浸没率，管道直径，管道长度，设计和注入器的位置。操作参数包括测试流体，直径和密度颗粒以及注入空气的表面速度。所有涉及的参数均在实验研究部分进行了详细说明。理论研究部分显示了气举泵性能方程的详细推导以及修正后的方程。还讨论了在两相和三相上运行的气举泵的数值研究。在最后一节中，指出了气举泵的未来发展方向，并总结了一些结论。已经发现，关于每一相与显影气泡射流发生器气举泵的动态界面方面的流动模式的文献很少。因此，需要实验数据来支持这项工作。需要对类型和位置气泡喷射发生器对流量特性和气举泵性能的影响进行理论和实验方面的额外工作，